Monday, 10/15 A Nonpartisan Candidate Issues Forum will take place in the Community Room of the Jackson County Library in Sylva, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Candidates attending include Hayden Rogers, U.S. Congressional District 11; Jim Davis and John Snow, N.C. Senate District 50; Mike Clampitt and Joe Sam Queen, N.C. House District 119; and Marty Jones and Mark Jones, Jackson County Commission District 4. The event is open to the pulic, and is sponsored by the Macon County League of Women Voters, Canary Coalition, OccupyWNC, and Smoky Mountain News. The moderated event will feature one representative from each sponsor as panelists, and will include questions chosen from audience submissions.

Tuesday, 10/16 The Asheville Civitan Club hosts a forum for the candidates for chairman of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and candidates for Commission District 1 at noon in Tuton Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 Church St. in downtown Asheville. Each candidate willl speak and then answer audience questions. The public is invited; lunch is available ($10) by emailing esheary@aol.com by Friday, Oct. 12. For information, call 231-9273.

Tuesday, 10/23 The Asheville Civitan Club hosts a forum for the candidates for Districts 2 and 3, Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, at noon in Tuton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 Church St., downtown Asheville. Each candidate will speak and then answer audience questions. The public is invited; lunch is available ($10): Email esheary@aol.com by Friday, Oct. 12. For information, call 231-9273.

Candidates are encouraged to send public event notices for this calendar to nholder@mountainx.com. Submission deadline is Thursday morning before the next Wednesday edition.